The mother-daughter relationship: What is its potential as a locus for health promotion?

Health Care for Women International

Volumn 27, Issue 7, 2006, Pages 646-664

  Mosavel, Maghboeba ^a   Simon, Christian ^b   Van Stade, Debbie ^c  

^a METROHEALTH MEDICAL CENTER   (United States)

^b CASE WESTERN RESERVE UNIVERSITY SCHOOL OF MEDICINE   (United States)

^c Provincial Network on Violence Against Women in Cape Town   (South Africa)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; ARTICLE; ATTITUDE TO HEALTH; CULTURAL FACTOR; ETHNOLOGY; FEMALE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMAN; HUMAN RELATION; METHODOLOGY; MOTHER; MOTHER CHILD RELATION; POVERTY; PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECT; QUESTIONNAIRE; SOUTH AFRICA;

ADOLESCENT; ADULT; CULTURAL CHARACTERISTICS; FEMALE; HEALTH KNOWLEDGE, ATTITUDES, PRACTICE; HEALTH PROMOTION; HUMANS; INTERGENERATIONAL RELATIONS; MOTHER-CHILD RELATIONS; MOTHERS; POVERTY; QUESTIONNAIRES; SOUTH AFRICA;

EID: 33746218706     PISSN: 07399332     EISSN: 10964665     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07399330600803790     Document Type: Article

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